The Washington Post - USA (2021-10-27)

B8 EZ RE THE WASHINGTON POST.WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27 , 2021

AVERAGE RECORD ACTUAL FORECAST

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Reagan Dulles BWI

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Today’s tides (High tides in Bold)

WORLD Today Tomorrow

Sources: AccuWeather.com; US Army Centralized

Allergen Extract Lab (pollen data); airnow.gov (air

quality data); National Weather Service

* AccuWeather's RealFeel Temperature®

combines over a dozen factors for an accurate

measure of how the conditions really “feel.”

Key: s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, r-rain,

sh- showers, t-thunderstorms, sf-snow flurries,

sn-snow, i-ice

Solar systemMoon Phases

NATION

OFFICIAL RECORD

Rise Set

REGION

Past 24 hours

Total this month

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Richmond

Norfolk

Ocean City

Annapolis

Dover

Cape May

Baltimore

Charlottesville

Lexington

Washington

Virginia Beach

Kitty Hawk

Harrisburg Philadelphia

Hagerstown

Davis

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Temperatures

Precipitation

for the 48 contiguous states excludes Antarctica

Yesterday's National

66° 12:00 p.m.

59° 8:00 a.m.

66°/48°

82° 19 78

28° 1879

65° 10:40 a.m.

55° 5:00 p.m.

64°/41°

82° 19 78

26° 19 72

68° 1 1:00 a.m.

56° 5:00 p.m.

65°/43°

81° 19 78

27° 1952

Washington 12:38 a.m. 8:07 a.m. 1:31 p.m. 7:43 p.m.
Annapolis 5:03 a.m. 9:45 a.m. 4:19 p.m. 11:21 p.m.
Ocean City 12:19 a.m. 6:19 a.m. 12:49 p.m. 7:25 p.m.
Norfolk 2:23 a.m. 8:06 a.m. 2:35 p.m. 9:21 p.m.
Point Lookout 1:38 a.m. 6:21 a.m. 11:48 a.m. 6:57 p.m.

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57 ° 64

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53 ° 65

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50 °

Sun 7:30 a.m. 6:13 p.m.

Moon 11:12 p.m. 1:52 p.m.

Venus 11:37 a.m. 8:32 p.m.

Mars 6:59 a.m. 5:57 p.m.

Jupiter 3:13 p.m. 1:39 a.m.

Saturn 2:23 p.m. 12:19 a.m.

Oct 28

Last

Quarter

Nov 4

New

Nov 11

First

Quarter

Nov 19

Full

1.66"

2.08"

3.08"

41.29"

34.92"

2.42"

2.93"

3.10"

32.24"

36.26"

1.98"

2.22"

3.34"

35.62"

37 .56"

Blue Ridge: Today, partly sunny; windy. High 54 to 58.
Winds northwest 12–25 mph. Tonight, clear to partly
cloudy. Low 42 to 46. Winds east–northeast 6–12 mph.
Thursday, mostly cloudy; a shower in southern parts. High
48 to 52. Winds southeast 6–12 mph.

Atlantic beaches: Today, very windy, partly sunny. High 63
to 67. Winds north–northwest 30–40 mph. Tonight, mainly
clear. Low 49 to 56. Winds north 8–16 mph. Thursday,
sunshine, some clouds. High 61 to 66. Winds northeast
7–14 mph. Friday, winds becoming strong.

Pollen: Low

Grass Low

Tr ees Low

Weeds Low

Mold Low

UV: Moderate

3 out of 11+

Air Quality: Good

Dominant cause: Particulates

70/50

67/56

65/53

68/50

66/49

65/50

69/49

72/49

72/45

68/59

67/60

68/47 66/50

67/45

49/40 69/52

66°

67°

68°

70°

Waterways: Upper P otomac River: Today, partly sunny. Wind
north–northwest 10–20 knots. Waves 2–4 feet. Visibility clear to
the horizon. • Lower Potomac and Chesapeake Bay: Today, clouds
breaking. Wind north 15–25 knots. Waves 1–3 feet on the Lower
Potomac; 3–6 feet on the Chesapeake Bay.• River Stages: The stage
at Little Falls will be around 3.10 feet today, rising to 3.20 Thursday.
Flood stage at Little Falls is 10 feet.

Albany, NY 57/41/c 58/38/s

Albuq uerque 61/40/s 65/41/s

Anchorage 34/27/c 34/31/sn

Atlanta 73/55/s 62/53/r

Aust in 79/52/pc 79/50/s

Baltimore 69/49/pc 64/55/pc

Billings, MT 57/37/pc 58/47/pc

Birmingham 74/59/pc 67/50/sh

Bismarck, ND 59/39/pc 57/33/s

Boise 60/46/pc 67/47/pc

Boston 52/46/sh 55/47/pc

Buffalo 58/40/pc 60/48/pc

Burlington, VT 56/39/pc 53/37/pc

Charleston, SC 71/51/s 73/58/t

Charleston, WV 57/43/pc 65/53/sh

Charlotte 72/48/s 66/53/r

Cheyenne, WY 49/35/s 55/40/s

Chicago 57/48/pc 55/51/r

Cincinnati 58/47/s 58/51/r

Cleveland 57/45/c 64/52/c

Dallas 74/56/r 74/53/s

Denver 58/35/s 60/38/s

Des Moines 53/45/r 52/43/r

Detroit 57/48/pc 61/53/c

El Paso 71/45/s 73/44/s

Fairbanks, AK 28/13/sf 26/13/pc

Fargo, ND 51/40/r 54/32/pc

Hartford, CT 54/44/sh 59/37/pc

Honolulu 86/73/s 86/73/pc

Houston 78/57/t 76/54/s

Indianapolis 58/47/s 54/51/r

Jackson, MS 77/56/t 66/51/c

Jacksonville, FL 77/59/s 78/58/t

Ka nsas City, MO 59/47/r 50/45/r

Las Vegas 74/57/s 79/58/s

Little Rock 68/53/r 58/49/sh

Los Angeles 80/62/s 85/63/s

Louisville 64/50/pc 61/52/r

Memphis 73/56/pc 61/49/sh

Miami 89/75/s 87/75/t

Milwaukee 57/50/pc 58/51/r

Minneapolis 54/45/r 51/43/r

Nashville 69/55/pc 65/50/sh

New Orleans 82/63/t 74/57/pc

New York City 59/49/sh 58/49/s

Norfolk 67/56/pc 66/60/pc

Oklahoma City 64/49/pc 65/45/pc

Omaha 55/46/r 56/41/r

Orlando 85/66/s 83/67/t

Philadelphia 66/50/pc 64/52/pc

Phoenix 79/56/s 86/60/s

Pittsburgh 57/44/c 63/50/c

Portland, ME 49/41/r 54/38/pc

Portland, OR 58/54/r 66/50/sh

Providence, RI 53/46/sh 56/44/pc

Raleigh, NC 71/49/s 68/56/r

Reno, NV 65/38/pc 64/40/s

Richmond 70/50/pc 66/56/pc

Sacramento 70/50/s 71/53/s

St. Louis 65/50/pc 57/50/r

St. Thomas, VI 86/77/t 86/77/s

Salt Lake City 54/41/pc 57/40/s

San Diego 77/59/s 81/60/s

San Francisco 67/57/pc 68/57/s

San Juan, PR 90/76/t 90/75/s

Seattle 55/50/r 58/47/r

Spokane, WA 52/44/pc 61/50/c

Syracuse 59/38/pc 61/43/s

Tampa 84/73/s 82/72/t

Wichita 60/47/r 61/43/pc

Addis Ababa 73/51/c 74/50/s

Amster dam 61/48/pc 60/49/pc

Athens 68/56/pc 68/56/pc

Auckland 70/60/r 67/58/c

Baghdad 89/60/s 90/63/s

Bangkok 91/77/pc 86/76/sh

Beijing 68/38/pc 62/40/pc

Berlin 61/44/pc 62/41/pc

Bogota 62/50/c 64/49/pc

Brussels 61/48/pc 61/51/s

Buenos Aires 84/70/s 83/69/pc

Cairo 86/69/s 88/71/pc

Caracas 75/66/t 75/66/t

Copenhagen 57/51/sh 57/49/pc

Dakar 87/79/pc 87/77/pc

Dublin 61/55/r 59/48/r

Edinburgh 62/55/r 60/51/r

Frankfurt 59/41/pc 56/38/pc

Geneva 58/40/pc 60/40/pc

Ham., Bermuda 82/74/pc 80/74/sh

Helsinki 47/40/r 50/46/c

Ho Chi Minh City 79/74/r 91/76/r

Hong Kong 81/74/pc 81/74/pc

Islamabad 80/55/s 80/55/s

Istanbul 62/54/s 62/52/pc

Jerusalem 73/59/s 74/60/c

Johannesburg 73/57/pc 67/55/c

Kabul 68/39/s 68/40/s

Kingston, Jam. 89/79/t 89/79/t

Kolkata 88/75/s 88/73/pc

Lagos 86/76/t 86/75/t

Lima 67/59/s 66/59/c

Lisbon 76/54/s 71/62/s

London 64/53/pc 62/56/pc

Madrid 69/42/s 69/48/s

Manila 90/79/t 88/78/t

Mexico City 79/54/t 75/55/t

Montreal 55/40/pc 52/37/s

Moscow 44/41/sh 51/39/r

Mumbai 92/77/s 93/77/s

Nairobi 80/58/pc 83/58/s

New Delhi 81/62/pc 81/61/pc

Oslo 56/49/r 55/53/sh

Ottawa 56/37/pc 51/36/pc

Paris 63/44/pc 66/49/s

Prague 57/36/pc 57/33/pc

Rio de Janeiro 78/72/c 77/71/t

Riyadh 97/71/s 96/73/s

Rome 70/50/pc 70/49/pc

San Salvador 83/69/t 83/69/t

Santiago 83/55/s 90/58/s

Sarajevo 52/30/pc 57/32/pc

Seoul 64/46/s 66/48/s

Shanghai 72/57/pc 71/56/s

Singapore 88/78/pc 88/79/t

Stockholm 54/46/r 56/47/sh

Sydney 77/63/s 83/70/pc

Taipei City 80/71/c 80/68/s

Tehran 65/46/pc 62/48/s

Tokyo 65/58/sh 70/55/s

Toronto 60/42/s 52/48/c

Vienna 59/39/pc 58/41/pc

Warsaw 56/46/c 59/41/c

Today

Partly sunny,

windy

Thursday

Partly sunny

Friday

Rain

Saturday

Shower

Sunday

Partly sunny

Monday

Mostly sunny

F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F

Statistics through 5 p.m. Tuesday

Difference from 30–yr. avg. (Reagan): this month: +5.8° yr. to date: +0.9°

High: Zapata, TX 102°

Low: Mammoth Lakes, CA 16°

World

High: Podor, Senegal 107°

Low: Delyankir, Russia –25°

Weather map features for noon today.

WIND:WNW 15–25 mph

HUMIDITY:Moderate

CHNCE PRECIP:10%

FEELS*:67°

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:65°

ESE 6–12 mph

Moderate

5%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:61°

E 10–20 mph

High

75%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:65°

SSW 6–12 mph

Moderate

60%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:63°

NW 8–16 mph

Moderate

15%

W:

H:

P:

FEELS:67°

NW 6–12 mph

Moderate

15%

Sunny and windy

If not for the wind, this would be a
sneaky winner of a day. Even so,
clouds should clear out early with
plentiful sun for much of the time.
With that, highs will be near 70.
Winds will be from the northwest around 10 to 20
mph, with gusts near 30 mph, then diminishing
with sunset.

The Weather

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BY LAUREN LUMPKIN

In his first public message
addressing Howard University’s
protests over student housing
and representation, the school’s
president called on Tuesday for
students to cease their occupa-
tion of the campus student center
— a demonstration entering its
third week.
“There may be areas where we
agree to disagree. That’s the na-
ture of a vibrant community,”
President Wayne A.I. Frederick
wrote in a missive to students.

“However, Howard University’s

proud tradition of student pro-

test has never been — a nd can

never be — invoked as a justifica-

tion for tactics that harm our

students.”

Roughly 50 students have oc-

cupied the Blackburn University

Center since the night of Oct. 12,

and dozens more have pitched

tents outside, demonstrators

said. According to Frederick, they

are blocking access to important

services. “The occupation of the

Blackburn Center must end,” he

said Tuesday.

The building is home to the

campus’s largest cafeteria, as well

as services such as the office of

student life and activities. The

university had to relocate a coro-

navirus testing site from the

building, a central spot on cam-

pus, to the Louis Stokes Health

Sciences Library, university

spokesperson Frank Tramble

said.

“There is a distinct difference

between peaceful protest and

freedom of expression and the

occupation of a university build-

ing that impedes operations and

access to essential services and

creates health and safety risks,”

Frederick wrote.

But after two weeks of protest-

ing, and little interaction with

their president, some students

remained distrustful of the ad-

ministration.

“It was sad,” Folasade Fashina,

a senior who lives off campus but

has attended the protests, said of

the president’s l etter. “It echoes a

lot of the sentiments that were in

previous emails, as far as at-

tempting to make it seem like

this protest is different from the

ones of the past. They’d prefer to

attack [students’] credibility

than to do their job.”

Demonstrators have outlined

four core demands: an in-person

town hall with Frederick and

other officials before the end of

the month; the permanent rein-

statement of student, alumni and

faculty affiliate positions that are

being removed from the school’s

board of trustees; a meeting with

university leaders about hous-

ing; and legal, disciplinary and

academic immunity for protest-

ers.

In a r ecent meeting with stu-

dents, Frederick agreed to sched-

ule time to discuss housing plans,

and on Tuesday said he had

“committed to expanded regular

meetings with student leaders.”

He added that university officials

have met with protesters to de-

termine a path forward, though it

was not clear what that plan

entailed. Students maintain that

they will occupy Blackburn until

their demands are met.

Many of the protesters’ con-

cerns revolve around university

housing, in which several stu-

dents said they have encountered

mold, flooding, mice and other

problems.

Frederick said the facilities

issues were not widespread and

that “the vast majority of our

students are living comfortably

in their rooms.” More than 5, 100

students live in university hous-

ing, and there have been 38

reports of mold issues, Tramble

said. Thirty-one of those cases, he

said, have been remedied.

During the protests’ first week,

university officials said students

who find mold in their rooms

could be relocated, and they have

encouraged students in the days

since to report any issues to the

university. Officials are also go-

ing door-to-door to investigate

unreported issues, Frederick

said.

But some students remain

skeptical. Freshman Autumn

Hester said she reported her

dorm room’s mold growth to the

university and wants different

housing but has yet to be reas-

signed. She called Frederick’s let-

ter “frustrating.”

“The moment we leave, we lose

leve rage ,” Hester said. “We’re

staying put, no matter what he

says.”

[email protected]

THE DISTRICT

Howard University president says student center occupation ‘must end’

DREW ANGERER/GETTY IMAGES

Tents pitched as part of a student protest are seen Monday outside

the Blackburn University Center at Howard University in D.C.

“There is a distinct

difference between

peaceful protest...

and the occupation

of a university

building that

impedes

operations.”

Wayne A.I. Frederick, Howard

University president

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